Frederick William CLARKE

1873 - 1921  (47 years)

• Name	Frederick William CLARKE  [1]
  Birth	24 Jun 1873	Golden Gully, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2]
  Christening	29 Sep 1873	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Family Tree	Clarke, Munro, McQuinn
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Burial	1921	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  Death	7 Feb 1921	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia   [1, 4]
  Notes	Frederick was baptised like all his brothers and sisters at St. Killian's church, his Godmother was a Cath Dawes. Frederick and two brothers, Arthur and Thomas went to try there luck on the Kalgoolie gold fields Early 1900's. When he returned he went back to work in the mines around Bendigo. Frederick had worked for 20 years in Lode mines when on 18 December 1914 he passed his exam for Second class Mining Manager with the Victorian Department of Mines. Frederick had intrended to take the family to Tasmania after this and work in the mines in central Tasmania, some wives of miners who had already worked in Tasmania told Jessie that they could never get there washing dry because of the weather, this reason alone seems to be the reason for them staying in Bendigo. Frederick lived in Golden Gully when he married Jessie Munro from Mandurang, the witness's were Jessie's sister Emily Munro and Emily's boyfriend Thomas Truscott. Frederick died 7 Feb 1921 from bad lungs which he obviously received from many years down in the mines, he was only 41 when he died and left 6 children the Youngest Eunice, only 18 months old. It's hard to believe that a city with only 90,000 people has one of the largest cathedrals in the southern hemisphere. At 86m the central spire of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo is the third largest in Australia behind only Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral at 105m and St Paul's Cathedral at 96m. Construction of the Gothic Revival cathedral commenced in 1896 but wasn't fully completed until 2003 when the bell was finally added. The building is made from locally sourced freestone and blackwood and imported Italian marble while the large 21m stained glass window came from Birmingham. Reputedly it is the last ever Gothic styled cathedral built in the world. Taken From http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanmelbourne/2694970502/in/photostream/ In memory of FREDERICK WILLIAM and LILLIAN MAUD Clarke also JESSIE loved wife and mother of the above "Cherished memories"
  Person ID	I2796	Long Family
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2010

  
  

  Family	Jessie MUNRO,   b. 13 Feb 1877, Mandurang, Victoria, Australia d. 28 Jun 1966, East Bentleigh Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1902	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Eunice Clare CLARKE,   b. 1 Jun 1919, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia d. 16 Mar 2006, Nazareth House Wynnum North Brisbane Qld (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Database online. (Reliability: 3). Record for Frederick William Clarke [S52] VIC Birth Index. [S53] Bendigo Çertificate of Baptism - St Kilians. [S54] VIC Death Index. [S50] Vic Marriage Index.